Tongs usually come with a little lock to keep them shut together, but jostling in the drawer can release the latch easily and the tongs will spring open. You can stuff your tongs into old paper towel tubes so they are a snug fit in the drawer and don't take up more space than they need to, says The Kitchn.

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OR - Throw away those tongs and buy a pair from the 21st century that has the small metal ring that holds it together?... Ingenious I know you put this in the article but I still think this is excessive.

If you say so. I think I'd rather just have them spring open, than waste space with a darn cardboard tube rolling around the drawer. I mean, they're already in the drawer. It's not like they're open on the counter, mocking me with their scandalous openess.

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